Comments on: Which is better for search engines: plain text or alt attributes? http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/ Web design & development and print design services located in The Gap, Brisbane Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: King Rosales http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-2062 King Rosales Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:16:37 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-2062 Hi John, thanks for this post. I use the image replacement technique when I can. However, sometimes you can't really replace an image because of the visual quality. I just wrote a post on the same thing <a href="http://www.kingrosales.com/seo/seo-debate-text-based-links-vs-image-based-links/" rel="nofollow">SEO Debate: Text vs Image Links</a>. In my opinion, I think that anchor text would be weighted more than the text used in the alt attribute because its not within another HTML tag. Hi John, thanks for this post.
I use the image replacement technique when I can. However, sometimes you can’t really replace an image because of the visual quality.
I just wrote a post on the same thing SEO Debate: Text vs Image Links.
In my opinion, I think that anchor text would be weighted more than the text used in the alt attribute because its not within another HTML tag.

]]> By: John Faulds http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 John Faulds Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:54:11 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-2059 Hi Andy, so you're saying that for this project images with alt attributes were used in links and image replacement was only used for headings (without links)? Hi Andy, so you’re saying that for this project images with alt attributes were used in links and image replacement was only used for headings (without links)?

]]> By: Andy http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Andy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:09:42 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-2058 About a year before this was written I worked on a front-end project for Yahoo and they directed me to use the image replacement method for headers. We did not do this for image links. They're the second biggest player, but things have changed since that time too. Personally, I am going to continue using that method when it makes sense to do so. About a year before this was written I worked on a front-end project for Yahoo and they directed me to use the image replacement method for headers. We did not do this for image links. They’re the second biggest player, but things have changed since that time too.

Personally, I am going to continue using that method when it makes sense to do so.

]]> By: Deron Sizemore http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Deron Sizemore Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:35:53 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-1746 Yeah, same assumption as Mike above. I would have assumed that there's not much different from a search engine's point of view, but I'm not a master SEO either, so what do I know? ;) Yeah, same assumption as Mike above. I would have assumed that there’s not much different from a search engine’s point of view, but I’m not a master SEO either, so what do I know? ;)

]]> By: Mike Cherim http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Mike Cherim Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:48:08 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-1745 I would have guessed that it didn't matter one way or the other. Just my guess mind you. I would have guessed that it didn’t matter one way or the other. Just my guess mind you.

]]> By: King Rosales http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/articles/which-is-better-for-search-engines-plain-text-or-alt-attributes/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 King Rosales Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tyssendesign.com.au/?p=267#comment-2063 <!--%kramer-pre%-->links. So, does this mean I can easily assume that the importance of the alt attribute in image-based links only goes as far as being beneficial for keyword density and accessibility? In a similar post, John Faulds asks the same question, “Which is better for search engines: plain text or alt attributes?” is: This is a link better than: His take on it was basically that since the anchor text and the alt attribute text are contained within the linking structure then the inbound link values would be equal. He got a response from Maile<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technoratilinks. So, does this mean I can easily assume that the importance of the alt attribute in image-based links only goes as far as being beneficial for keyword density and accessibility? In a similar post, John Faulds asks the same question, “Which is better for search engines: plain text or alt attributes?” is: This is a link better than: His take on it was basically that since the anchor text and the alt attribute text are contained within the linking structure then the inbound link values would be equal. He got a response from Maile

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